The Core Four

**Author's note**

In case of confusion, chapter 1 (the present or the main storyline) only starts after 11 chapters or after *part 5* as all those chapters set the scene for the rest of the story and is the story of the *Ancestors.* Enjoy!
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Centuries ago, four heroes rose against a power that should never have existed.

They failed to destroy him.
So they cursed the future instead.

When the dark alchemist and sorcerer Lurtol was finally defeated, he was not killed - only sealed in a deathlike sleep. But mercy came with a cost. Each of the four heroes bound their bloodlines to fate itself, ensuring that when Lurtol awakened, their youngest living descendants would inherit their powers, their burdens... and their war.

Now, ancient beings tied have taken human form as ordinary teenagers - though there is nothing ordinary about them.

Gaby, a girl who can barely survive school without disaster, is the first to feel the shift. Strange visions. Impossible magic. Secrets that seem to know her name before she speaks it. And somewhere out there are three strangers whose lives are unraveling in the exact same terrifying ways.

As forgotten prophecies awaken and dangerous forces begin to move, the four are pulled toward each other by fate, chaos, and a truth powerful enough to rewrite their world forever.

Because inheritance is one thing.
Becoming something not entirely human is another.

And if Lurtol rises again, surviving high school may actually be the least of their problems.